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September 21, 2010 Warm-Up #15 The dog, which is descended from the wolf, was the first animal to be tamed. How are domesticated animals different from wild animals?. This Day in History. 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein was first published.
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September 21, 2010Warm-Up #15The dog, which is descended from the wolf, was the first animal to be tamed. How are domesticated animals different from wild animals?
This Day in History • 1937: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein was first published. • 1938: A hurricane struck New York and New England with extensive damage and more than 600 deaths. • 1964: Maltagained its independence from Great Britain. • 1981: Belizegained its independence from Great Britain. • Source: http://sf.factmonster.com/dayinhistory
Objectives • Define vocabulary from chapter 1, lesson 1 • Summarize the historical events that occurred in the text • Reflect on how people’s lives change over time • Explain who the Clovis were and how we know about them • Describe how historians and archaeologists use artifacts
Housekeeping • Folder cleaning • Charles- test • Posters • Numbering notes
Studying Prehistory • __________________ is a long period of time before people developed systems of writing and written language. During this time, people did not leave books, newspapers, or letters to understand how they lived. • The study of past cultures through the things that remain such as building, tools, or pottery is ________________________. • The people who do that are ____________________. • Tools, weapons, jewelry, and pottery are examples of __________________.
Studying Prehistory 2 • Artifacts tell us that ancient people ____________________________________________ for food. • Ancient people used the hides of larger animals for __________________ and ___________________.
Early Peoples • Humans moved, or _______________ from East Africa to Europe and Asia thousands of years ago.
Early Americans • 70 years ago, archaeologists found a variety of human made objects near ___________________, ________ _______________. • 11,000 years ago, scientists believe that Earth was still in an _____ __________. • __________________ are huge ice sheets that cover large stretches of land. • The glaciers moved toward the _________________ and melted, which revealed land for plant growth and animal grazing.
A Migration Path • During the ice age, __________ were lower than they are today. • When seas were lower, ________________ (the Bering Strait now) stretched from Asia to North America.
Different Paths • About 20 years ago, archaeologists made a discovery at a site near ___________ ___________, __________. They found artifacts older than the artifacts from the Clovis people.